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Did any of you watch Numb3rs?
PostPosted:Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:39 am
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Did any of you watch Numb3rs?</div>
PostPosted:Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:24 am
by Lox
<div style='font: bold 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I did. It was pretty good.</div>
PostPosted:Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:22 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I listened to it as I was going to bed. It seemed OK, but we'll see how the other eps turn out. I like the Ridley brothers, but I'm not sure if they'll be able to contain you for more than a 2-hour movie</div>
It was kind of a cool idea, and they did a good job of correcting some common misconceptions about probability. The final "solution" seemed kinda lacking to me though...
PostPosted:Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:56 pm
by Gentz
<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>His teacher gives him this advice about making his theory more "descriptive" and factoring in human "inelegance" or whatever, but it didn't seem like he actually changed the equation at all in the end he just changed the point of origin from the killer's home to his jobsite.</div>
PostPosted:Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:11 pm
by Tortolia
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Interesting enough, though I doubt I'll set up a season pass for it.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:01 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>That, of course, would be the Scott brothers :-)</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:04 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Read a NYT article on it, and the premise seems kinda silly. They're going to have difficulty basing an entire show around using math to solve crimes.</div>